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Good news everyone!!!!!!  Sunday Best will return this summer at BKLYN Yard! Residents Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin & Doug Singer will be joined by special guests every Sunday from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend.

More details coming soon.

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My favorite place to be during the summer months is the Brooklyn Yard.  What was once the home solely to Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter’s killer party, Sunday Best, shared the wealth with the MeanRed girls last summer.  MeanRed confirmed they will be back again this summer, but no word if ‘Sunday Best‘ will return to The Yard for their long running weekly party.   I sure effing hope they do.  Sunday Best is by far the best party slash ultimate hang session BK’s ever seen.  People be getting DOWN at The Yard.

PS: There is also no word if MeanRed will be letting me host a party there this summer, but I sure as hell hope so!

For those of you Anti-VDay and Anti-Fashion Week, but want to be a little festive, here are some Valentine’s Day themed events for a special edition of this week’s Weekend Lineup.  Prepare to drown your sorrows properly or just get your hookup on.

I will be covering all of Fashion Week and then some.

Be in the loop.

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Thursday

Valentine’s Day Pajama Party Meatup @  The Bell House // 149 7th Street @ 2nd Ave [Gowanas] // 7:00PM + // Cover Alert! $12 advance, $15 door, $20 with speed dating, $7 after 10pm

Non Vday Event: Circa @ The Darkroom (Open Vodka Bar 10-11PM) //  165 Ludlow [LES] //  11:00 PM+

Friday

F♥CK YOU x F♥CK ME by Seasick Mama and Casey RAnderson  @ INVEN.TORY // 237 Lafayette Street @ Spring [Soho] // 7:00PM -8:00PM// RSVP

Nyle’s Fuck Valentines Day Party @ Lake Johnson @ 258 Johnson Ave nr. Bushwick Ave [Bushwick] // 8:00PM +  // Cover Alert! $7

Saturday

Candy Hearts and Saucy Tarts @ Surreal Estate // 5 Thames St btwn Morgan and Bogart [Bushwick] // 8:00PM+ // Cover Alert! $10

Valentine’s Day Massacre @ Savalas // 285 Beadford Ave bwtn S1st and Grand [Wburg] //  11:00PM+

Non Vday Event: Discovery @ Santos // 96 Lafayette St @ Walker [Chinatown]// 11:00PM+ // RSVP

Sunday

Champagne and Lingerie Show @ Agent Provocateur // 133 Mercer Street @ Prince [Soho]// 4:00PM-7:00PM // RSVP

Valentines Dance for Misfits @ Beauty Bar Brooklyn (Open Vodka Bar 10-11PM) // 921 Broadway @ Melrose [Bushwick] // 9:00PM +

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre by Michael T and Justine D @ LPR // 158 Bleecker St @ Thompson [WVill] // 10:00PM+ //  Cover Alert! $10

Looking for more? The Skint has a long list of all sort of VDay shit.

The late James Yancey aka J Dilla was one of the most influential producers and beat makers of hip hop music since. He was a pioneer in his field since the late nineties and has worked with Common, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, and my fave Erykah Badu, just to name a few.  His life was cut short when he died in 1996 from complications from Lupus. Every year Rare Form and Ladies Love NYC throw a huge tribute party to honor the life and this Saturday marks the fourth anniversary.  Long time Dilla friend and fellow Soulquarian founder, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson with be headlining,  It’s going to be a dope show and is sure as shit going to filled with good music and good people.

The Bell House
149 7th St [Gowanas]
$5
www.donutsareforever.com

Fall In Love // Slum Village

So Far So Good // J Dilla, Common, and D’Angelo

Homage to J Dilla // Slum Village

The Healer // Erykah Badu

Music for Life // Hi Tek ft. J. Dilla, Nas, Common, Busta Rhymes & Floetry

Brooklyn Based and Fucked in Park Slope have joined forces to create a naughty office  holiday party for all to attend and get their swag on.  This half-holiday / half-singles mingle party is guaranteed good times for all, here’s the full scoop:

There’s nothing like a weekend filled with loved ones and turkey to remind you that the holidays are much more fun when you’re hooking up with someone.

So Brooklyn Based and FIPS are throwing a holiday office party Wednesday, Dec. 9 that will make it much easier to meet that special person. You don’t have to work for Home Base Supply Co. to be invited, but you do have to abide by our company policies, which include hitting on your colleagues, free massages, getting Shootbooth portraits with hot Santas (hot farmers Michael Grady Robertson of Queens County Farm, Annie Novak and Ben Flanner of Rooftop Farms, plus hot Meat Hook butcher, Ben Turley), eating delicious Asiadogs, and getting down with a DJ who only goes by his porn name, Jonny Con Carne.

We’re not guaranteeing everyone will find true love, but based on what happened at the last 600-strong Meatup, we can predict many of you will meet your match.

Now, some of you may just hook up the Bell House, but a few of you will continue to date long after you go home together. Still others may leave feeling it was awkward to go up to a stranger (even though that stranger is at a singles party and dying to meet someone too), but we will have some special incentives this time to ease the introductions. Of course, we’re big fans of steeling your nerves with strong drinks, like the free Chivas scotch that will be flowing from 7-8pm or the $3 Busch beers all night long.

The hilarious Sara Schaefer, who hosted the last Meatup’s Wet T-shirt contest (it’s true, men lined up to bare their chests), will also be awarding employees who’ve been naughty and nice. You can vie for the “Hottest Employee of the Year” honor now, by faxing in a racy photocopy to 646-964-6540. (If you don’t have a fax, we’ll accept a scan via email.)

You can hem and haw and wait until the day of to buy tickets, but buying one now (here) will guarantee two things: you’ll save $3, enough for one more Busch, and you’ll allow us more time to do some expert matchmaking in advance.

And remember, this whole thing’s a numbers game, so pass this on to your (platonic) girlfriends and guy friends. We may make it easy to score, but only if there are enough players to field two teams.

Details…
FIPS and Brooklyn Based Present:
THE BK MEATUP NAUGHTY HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 7-11PM, $10 in advance, $15 at the door
THE BELL HOUSE
149 7th Street [Gowanus]

For those of you souls left to wander the city this weekend, here are a few tips on where to hang…

Kick your weekend off tonight with a little laughter… Seth Herzog will be performing at Comix tonight….

Comix
353 West 14th St @ 8th Ave[West Vill/ Meatpacking]
9:30PM
$10 advance/ $15 at the Door

House House Music Music

Randalls Island
1 Randalls Is
All day long
$70/ Day

Some good ole fashion fun…

The Bklyn Yard
388-400 Carroll St [Gowanas]
12PM-9PM
FREE